BYU vs. Nevada-Las Vegas Football Game, 1978 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1978 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
BYU	0	7	7	14	28
Nevada-Las Vegas	3	14	0	7	24

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	FG	Jim Gaetano 37 yard field goal	0	3
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Brian Harris 81 yard pass from Doug Robertson (Jim Gaetano kick)	0	10
	TD	Bill Ring 8 yard pass from Marc Wilson (Brent Johnson kick)	7	10
	TD	Michael Morton 3 yard run (Jim Gaetano kick)	7	17
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Mike Chronister 8 yard pass from Marc Wilson (Brent Johnson kick)	14	17
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Tod Thompson 2 yard pass from Marc Wilson (Brent Johnson kick)	21	17
	TD	Michael Morton 3 yard run (Jim Gaetano kick)	21	24
	TD	Casey Wingard 7 yard run (Tim Halverson kick)	28	24

Team Stats
	BYU	UNLV
1st Downs	26	18
Rushing 1st Downs	11	14
Passing 1st Downs	10	3
Penalty	5	1
Rushing	132	256
Rushing Attempts	44	60
Yards Gained Rushing	182	285
Yards Lost Rushing	50	29
TDs Rushing	1	2
Passing	231	102
Passes Attempted	43	15
Passes Completed	19	4
Intercepted	2	1
TDs Passing	3	1
Pass Efficiency	103.03	92.45
Total Offensive Plays	87	75
Total Net Yards	363	358
Average Gain Per Play	4.17	4.77
Fumbles - Lost	0 - 0	3 - 2
Penalties - Yards	10 - 70	18 - 155
Interceptions - Yards	1 - 19	2 - 0
Punts - Yards	6 - 198	6 - 195
Average Per Punt	33.00	32.50
Punt Returns - Yards	5 - 36	5 - 56
Kickoff Returns - Yards	5 - 78	4 - 115

Game Info
Stadium	Yokahama Stadium
Location	Yokohama, Japan
Date	Dec 2, 1978
Time	1:56 pm
Temperature	45°F
Weather	Overcast
Conference	BYU: WAC UNLV: Independent
Head Coach	BYU: LaVell Edwards UNLV: Tony Knap
Season Record	BYU: 9-4 UNLV: 7-4

BYU Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Mike Chronister	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Bill Ring	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Tod Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Casey Wingard	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Brent Johnson	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Tim Halverson	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	4	0	4	0	0	0	28

Nevada-Las Vegas Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Michael Morton	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Brian Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jim Gaetano	0	1	3	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	3	1	3	0	0	0	24

BYU Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Marc Wilson	14-27-1	187	6.9	40	3	139.29
Jim McMahon	5-15-1	44	2.9	12	0	44.64
Scott Phillips	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	19-43-2	231	5.4	40	3	103.03

Nevada-Las Vegas Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Doug Robertson	4-15-1	102	6.8	81	1	92.45
TOTALS	4-15-1	102	6.8	81	1	92.45

BYU Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Casey Wingard	17	77	0	77	4.5	13	1
Marc Wilson	14	73	29	44	3.1	22	0
Scott Phillips	3	13	0	13	4.3	6	0
Bill Ring	4	12	1	11	2.8	10	0
Jim McMahon	6	7	20	-13	-2.2	5	0
TOTALS	44	182	50	132	3.0	22	1

Nevada-Las Vegas Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Michael Morton	27	147	2	145	5.4	42	2
Leon Walker	19	116	4	112	5.9	35	0
Bobby Batton	3	12	0	12	4.0	9	0
Russell Ellis	2	3	0	3	1.5	3	0
Johnny Ware	1	0	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Doug Robertson	8	7	22	-15	-1.9	4	0
TOTALS	60	285	29	256	4.3	42	2

BYU Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Mike Chronister	8	138	17.2	40	1
Kent Tingey	8	76	9.5	14	0
Bill Ring	1	8	8.0	8	1
Casey Wingard	1	7	7.0	7	0
Tod Thompson	1	2	2.0	2	1
TOTALS	19	231	12.2	40	3

Nevada-Las Vegas Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Brian Harris	2	90	45.0	81	1
Michael Morton	1	6	6.0	6	0
Dean Barnett	1	6	6.0	6	0
TOTALS	4	102	25.5	81	1

BYU Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Ron Velasco	1	19	0
TOTALS	1	19	0

Nevada-Las Vegas Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Aaron Mitchell	1	0	0
Barry Hyde	1	0	0
TOTALS	2	0	0

BYU Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Clay Blackwell	4	67	16.8	0
Doug Williams	1	11	11.0	0
TOTALS	5	78	15.6	0

Nevada-Las Vegas Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Henry Vereen	3	105	35.0	0
Robert Cobb	1	10	10.0	0
TOTALS	4	115	28.8	0

BYU Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dave Francis	5	36	7.2	0
TOTALS	5	36	7.2	0

Nevada-Las Vegas Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Henry Vereen	2	34	17.0	0
Robert Cobb	3	22	7.3	0
TOTALS	5	56	11.2	0

BYU Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Brent Johnson	0-2	0.0%	0	3-3	3
Tim Halverson	0-0		0	1-1	1
TOTALS	0-2	0.0%	0	4-4	4

Nevada-Las Vegas Kicking
	FG	Pct	Lng	XP	Pts
Jim Gaetano	1-1	100.0%	37	3-3	6
TOTALS	1-1	100.0%	37	3-3	6

BYU Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Clay Brown	6	198	33.0	47
TOTALS	6	198	33.0	47

Nevada-Las Vegas Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Steve Gortz	6	195	32.5	37
TOTALS	6	195	32.5	37

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